1988 Paris - Roubaix

86th edition: Sunday, April 10, 1988

The race: Sunny day. At kilometer 44, Thierry Casas attacked, taking twelve riders with him. The peloton did not react. This front group went well clear and by he time they exited the Wallers-Arenberg sector, they were more than five minutes ahead, but misfortune had reduced their number to seven. At the Carrefour de l'Arbre Thomas Wegmüller and Dirk Demol left the others behind and after being away for 222 kilometers Dirk Demol enjoyed the greatest victory of his career.